Stockton High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Stockton, IL)

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Senior Class History On that wonderful morning of August 31, 1953, seventy green Freshmen entered the hallowed halls of Stockton High School. After our second class meeting, we elected Willard Molltor to lead us, with Dean Wright as Vice-President, Pat Nelson, Secretary, and Jean Andresen as Treasurer. Ruth Krahenbuehl, Kelth Elpper, and Bill Vanderheyden were our Student Council representatives. Chapman, Curtlss, Gille, Henkel, Kaufman, Molltor, Ploeger, Rillle, Vanderheyden, Wright, and Zlnk represented us in football and Baier, Molltor, Ploeger, played basketball. Kay . helped lead them on to Curtlss kept score. We treasury. Kay and Deanna Kathleen for the highest honor third. Dean Contest. Miss and advisers, be a successful one. l, 1954, sixty-five bold Curtiss, Schubert, and Arliss and Keith Eipper as Student Co Curtiss, Gille, Gohlke, Molitor, representatives were Baier, Groezlnger, and Janice Parkinson cheered Deanna a majorette, and Kathleen and Carol Contest. Mr. Jellnek, Mr. of Advisers. 1, 1955, fifty-three Juniors entered Willard Holiter, Jerry and Deanna VanDeWeerd were elected officers Sanderson, Karen Schubert, and Tom Carroll taking our problems to Student Council. Baier, Gille, Kaufman, Molitor, Ploeger, and Wright played football and Kay Hermann helped lead the cheering section. Kathleen Sanderson was our Homecoming attendant. Kay Hermann led cheers and Dick Curtlss kept score while Baier, Groezlnger, Molltor, Ploeger, Vanderheyden, and Wright played on the basketball team. We raised money by selling food S

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Class Officers Jvrry Rillie, Vice-Presids-ntg Janice Parkinson, Secretnryg Dean Wright, Presidcntg Karon Schubert, Treasurer. Class ponsors 'r

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4. ,, ,, u .thaw -1 arm m W , nw! ' up at the athletic home games. Kathleen Sanderson and Wayne Hatton became assistant treasurers. After the fire we finished the school year first in the basement of Stayner's Furniture Store and then in the peace and quiet of Atwood's Factory. Our play, The Little Dog Laughed, given April fourth and fifth brought in more money for our treasury. On May 5, the Seniors were our guests at the Prom Fantasy Beneath the Sea. King Willard and Queen Arliss ruled that evening. Shirley Kuehl, Marilyn Brudl, Keith Elpper, and Carol Frazier went to District Contest. Marilyn Brudi, Carol Klett, and Kathleen Sanderson were initiated into N.H.S. Kathleen an ment and Hatton, Jim the Senior Trio. , During Dean Our very to our new but unc school Mr Winter Jerry Rillie, Karen Schubert, and Carol Hatton reported to Student to have our Townsend led the , Curtiss, Gille, Kaufman, Vanderheyden, and team field Queen with Willard and Arliss Kay VanDeWeerd, ADick :re the Ploeger, Vanderheyden, basketball team, . Dean Wright was King Kathleen Sanderson representatives were Kathleen Coleman Davis, Keith and Jeanne Fredericks. of this writing the Board of Education has to take a three day trip and we are busy making plans for money-mal-:ing projects. Windowwashes, bus washes, dances, coat checks, food sales, and a class play are some of these projects. The Mikado and Contest are coming in the near future. Then the Prom and Commencement and Graduation willbeupon us. We will each go our individual paths, perhaps never to meet again, but the memories of these past four years will live forever in our hearts.